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# perfume

«perfume» in Mova's school dictionary: **A liquid with a nice strong smell that people put on…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (perfume, perfumes); verb (perfume, perfumes, perfumed — less common)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A liquid with a nice strong smell that people put on their skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perfume/#m1)

2) A pleasant smell, like that of flowers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perfume/#m2)

3) (verb) To give something a nice smell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perfume/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, perfume is sprayed on the wrist or neck; in science, it shows how smells spread through air by diffusion — a smell sprayed in one corner soon reaches the whole room. In safety, perfume is not to drink and can sting eyes; some people are allergic to strong smells. Phrases: «a bottle of perfume», «wear perfume», «the perfume of roses».

### examples

- Mum got a bottle of perfume for her birthday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perfume/#x1)
- The perfume of the roses filled the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perfume/#x2)
- The smell of the perfume spread across the room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perfume/#x3)
- Don't spray perfume near your eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perfume/#x4)
- Grandma's perfume smells of lavender. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perfume/#x5)
- Perfume is made from flowers, spices and other things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perfume/#x6)
- The air was perfumed with honeysuckle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perfume/#x7)
- Too much perfume can give people a headache. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perfume/#x8)
- Do you not smell the sweet perfume from flower and bush? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perfume/#x9)

### note

Uncountable for the liquid in general («some perfume»), countable for kinds («French perfumes»). Similar: «scent», «fragrance»; men's perfume is often called «aftershave» or «cologne».

### In the corpora

- [Keepers sometimes spray perfume or spices in an enclosure, because new smells give cats something to explore, like a new toy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/82-big-cats-house-snow-leopards-jaguars-small-cats/12/)
- [Maeve finds Mam's perfume and sprays it on her pillow; it smells like a hug.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/518-when-a-parent-has-died/18/)
- [And thou shalt make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.923/)
- [I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.193/)
- [Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.786/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «perfume» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perfume/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.